Today I learned...

[GrownupGirl]

The facekini, which basically looks like a ski mask made of the fabric normally used in bathing suits, was invented in China to protect the swimmer's face from jellyfish stings. But women in China started wearing them mainly to keep their faces from getting tanned because traditionally, light skin in Asia is seen as attractive.

Well, it would keep my light skin from being sunburned, but I'd bet I'd get some weird looks wearing one to the beach. And I'll bet your skin through the holes in the mask would tan, and that would really look weird.

 

[GrownupGirl]

The pineapple is related to neither the pine nor the apple. Instead, it is a dense cluster of berries grown into one large, pulpy mass.

The pineapple got its name due to its resemblance to a pine cone.

 

[tree]

Heimlich maneuver on self Information | Mount Sinai - New York

 

[Crossbreed]

The antelope mentioned in the song Home on the Range were most likely the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). They are also known as American antelope.

 

[Crossbreed]

How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet, Veritasium (PFAS)​

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

The Franklin River in Tasmania (Australia) was named for the same John Franklin, an Englishman, who made three exploration expeditions into the North American arctic looking for the Northwest Passage, and died during the last expedition.